Shirt-stud



(No Model.)

0. A. PAUTZ.

SHIRT STUDY.

No. 548,750. Patented Oct. 29, 1895.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR: @IHAIRLES A. FAUTZ.

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CHARLES A. FAUTZ, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SHIRT-STU D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,750, dated October29, 1895.

Applicaion filed March 19, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FAUTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at N ewark,in thecounty of Essex and State of New J ersey,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Studs or the Like;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention has reference to improvements in fastenings, forshirt studs, scarf-pins, or other like ornamental articles of wear; andthe invention has for its object to provide a simple and at the sametime an efiective device for this class of jewelry which will securelyretain the ornament in place in the hole in the shirt-front or othergarment, and which can be easily manipulated to remove the device fromor to insert it in the hole in the shirt without injury to the piece ofjewelry or to the shirt-front or other garment.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction of shirt-studor other like article as an improved article of manufacture, and also inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a back view, of theshirt-stud or pin, showing the fastening device connected therewith of aconstruction embodying the principles of my invention, the parts of saiddevice being shown in their closed relation to one another previous toremoving the stud from the shirtfront or before inserting them in thestudhole. Fig. 3 is a back view of the device with the separable partsof the fastening device in their operated positions after the stud hasbeen inserted through the stud-hole and has been secured in theshirt-front. Fig. 4 is a side view of the device with the parts in theirclosed relation to each other, and Fig. 5 is a similar view with theparts shown in Serial No. 542,301. (No model.)

and its pin; and Fig. 7 is a eross-section taken on line as in Fig. 4.Fig. 8 is a View similar to that illustrated in Fig. 6, in which theshank is screw-threaded and rotates in a screwthreadedtubular post.

Similar letters of reference are employed in each of the above-describedviews to indicate like parts.

In said views, a indicates the setting for the precious stone or otherornamental portion of the article of jewelry, which may be of any shapeor design, as will be evident. To the back of said ornamental portion a,in this case a cross-bar a, is secured a shank b, which is bent, as atb, at a right angle,or approximately so, to form 'an arm b as shown inFigs. 4, 5, 6, and 8. On said shank b and between the bent portion orarm b and the back of the ornamental portion a, I have loosely arrangeda tubular post a, from the one end of which extends a pin or tine 0,having a flattened portion 0 on which the flattened surface I) of thearm 1) slides and fits When the parts are in their closed relation toeach other, to permit the said pin and its tubular post and the shank bto be inserted through the material or through the stud-hole in theshirt-front, to bring the stud in wearing position on the bosom of theshirt, as will be clearly understood. When these parts have beeninserted through the garment, all that the wearer has to do is to turnthe ornamental portion a of the stud, thereby causing the shank b torotate in said tubular post 0 and bring the arm 19 to the positionillustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 and thereby practically forming, with thepin or tine 0', connected with said tubular post 0, a straight baracross the stud-hole in the article of wear, thus forming a safetyattachment and preventing the displacement or loss of thestud.

To remove the stud from the shirt, the ornamental portion a is againturned, whereby the arm I) is brought back to its former position on theflattened portion a of the pin 0, and the device can then be readilywithdrawn from the stud-hole in the shirt.

As thown more especially in Figs. 2, 3, and

5, the pin or tine c is formed with an upwardly-inclining part orportion a at the end of the flattened part 0 and the arm b connectedwith the shank b, is provided with a correspondingly-formed, butdownwardly-inclining, part 17 which when the said arm 5 is turned andcaused to be brought over the flattened surface 0 is forced against saidstop 0 and retains said arm 19 in a position directly in line with thelongitudinal axis of the pin or tine c, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated the shank b,provided with a screw-threadworking in a screwthreaded tubular post, as will be clearly evident froman inspection of said figure. The movement of the parts in this form ofconstruction of course is limited to a slight space left between the end0 of the post 0 and the back of the ornamental portion a, which issufficient to permit of the turning of the shank b and hence its arm I)to the position indicated in dotted outline in said Fig. 8, to bringsaid arm 19 in a straight line with the said pin or tine 0 directlyacross the hole in the shirt or other garment.

Of course it will be evident that changes in the arrangement and detailsof construction of the parts may be made without departing from thescope of my present invention, and hence I do not limit myself to theexact arrangement and combinations of the parts herein shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. An article ofjewelry, or the like, comprising therein, an ornamental portion, a pinor tine 0', having a flattened portion a and an upwardly inclining partc forming a stop, a tubular post at the upper part of said pin or tinec, and a shank rotatively arranged in said post, said shank beingsecured at one end to said ornamental portion, and having at itsopposite end an arm projecting therefrom at a right angle, orapproximately so, having a flattened surface b and adownwardly-inclining partb adapted to be brought againstsaid upwardlyinclining part 0 substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. An article of jewelry, or the like, comprising therein, an ornamentalportion, a pin or tine, having a flattened portion 0 and an upwardlyinclining part a forming a stop, a screw-threaded tubular post at theupper end of said pin or tine, and a screw-threaded shank in said post,secured at one end to said ornamental portion, and having at itsopposite end an arm, projecting therefrom at a right angle, orapproximately so, said arm having a flattened surface b and a downwardlyinclining part b adapted to be brought against said upwardly-incliningpart 0 substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 16th day of March, 1895.

- CHARLES A. FAUTZ. Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. CAMFIELD, Jr.

